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Frontier students urge board to replace retiring music teacher, warn program would suffer without specialized staff
Summary
Students from Frontier High School told the Frontier Central School District board that the music program’s success depends on specialized teachers and urged the board to replace a retiring orchestra/string teacher to preserve lessons, ensembles and student engagement.
Dozens of Frontier High School students told the Frontier Central School District Board of Education on March 18 that the district should replace a retiring music teacher and retain specialized music staffing to preserve lessons, ensembles and student engagement.
Students described the district’s music program as a formative community that provides rehearsal-based learning, motivation to attend school, and academic benefits. Multiple students said that if the retiring teacher is not replaced, the department would be reduced to three total music teachers across band, choir and orchestra at the high school, which they said would sharply reduce lesson time and ensemble quality.
The students’ concerns included concrete…
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